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Honest question, because I know multiple people who are not looking to jump ship since they already have the Plex Pass.

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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (9 children)

After 22 hours and 291 comments, I can see that 80% is sunk cost, 15% never bothered to look at their Jellyfin client's settings, and the rest use a device that doesn't have a client for Jellyfin yet.

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[–] TBi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I tried Jellyfin and had some issues with it. I tried out Emby and everything was smooth sailing. Paid for premium and been using it ever since.

It’s a bit better supported on TVs than Jellyfin.

Never actually used or paid for plex

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Kodi yo... Although my YouTube addon stopped working recently. aggg...

[–] Steve@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I only use my library with jellyfin and only locally. I left plex a few years ago. What I really want to set up next is a UI that uses a simple remote control and ditch the Roku interface so I can be seamlessly offline.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

I use KODI + FLIRC + a universal remote. It's great for me.

You can setup whatever remote control you like, but honestly you might want lots of buttons for all the options in Kodi.

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[–] manmachine@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (6 children)

JellyFin resource usage is absolutely horrendous and my NAS is a potato. I basically cannot run it at all.

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